Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-13

ly 10 DC ndBtu hOsS county dHO W uc
attached for judicial purposes TO Mitchell
county.
By MIR Baird, from citizens of Brown
county, in favor Of the bill to regulate
pharmacy in this state.
By Mr.. Jackson, from citizens of Jefer-
son county, asking for the establishment
of an agricultural college for colored
youths.
The report of the special Joint COM
mittee on the past management of the
Comptroller's office was read.
1t il the same report presented yester-
day in the Senate.
Senate b lis No % relative to partition
fences, No. Sc amending article COS of
the law of special venire No. 1913, author
iZjng counties to compromise their in
debtedness were passed.
Senate iOint resolution, reques'in the
Attorney General to sue railroads and
other corporations which have forfeited
land grants from the state, was adopted.
House bill No. 203, preventing foreign
ers or foreign corporations from holding
lands in Texas came up, but as it had not
been reported from the committee, was
deferred but not till MIR. Biard of Lamar
had gotten off pretty speech in his
usual impressive style against the bill.
MesSrs. Garwood and Chapman also
spoke against the bill.
Rouse bill No. 364, validating the acts
Of the land board under the act OF April
-, 1883, came up for engrOssmeEt.
Mr.. Shields inquired If the bill affected
lands in Greer county, and if the land
board had not granted or affirmed land
certificates Ia that county.
Mr. Strong explained that SO he under
stood the object Of the bill il was simply
to validate sales to actual settlers, so as
to remove clouds from their titles.
Mr.. Payne asked if the land board had
not exercised control of the Greer county
lands.
Mr.. Strong stated that the bill was one
which had been prepared by ex-Lsnd
Commissioner Walsh and eX-AttOrney
General TempIetoH.
Mr.. Camp argued the Legislature
should 90 slow aud look well into such
bills
He was opposed to the validating bust
ness on general principles.
Mr.. Garwo0d said the action Of the land
board was shaky question and favored
the bin TO steady its position.
Mr.. Bell of Cooke, decidedly trench
ant MEMBER Gu most questions, said that
what the board did that was valid needed
no remedial act of the Legislature, what
the board did that was invalid should not
be validated. The bill looked like some
taing patched up to mend the record of
the land board and not for the security
of the actual settler.
Mr. Strong said the District Judge mad
decided that as the land board had failed
to make sales through the proper person
the sales were void, Snd that 1000 actual
settlers were affected by this rule. The
bill was to cure the defect in such cases.
Mr.. Fuller favored the bill.
Mr. Moore OF Travis argued that as
Governor Ireland and other members Of
the board had acted as the agents Of the
board snd as theY believed for its best
interest, we should approve their action
| as the state agents so they would not be
questioned.
Mr.. Shield proposed to shield the bill
with an amendment which ne offered ex-
ceptlng frOEl it the lands of Greer county.
Mr.. Bell CT Cooke offered substitute,
which was adopted, that the act should
apply only TO actual settlers,
The question being on engrOssment Of
the bill, Mr. Johnson argued the bill was
not in proper shape. 1t proposes that all
acts and regulations of the land board
should be held valid and never ques-
toned. He could not extend
the whiGewaShing process that
far. He favored granting relief to
actual settlers who were sufferers
by special relief measures and nos by
general whitewashipg of sli the acts of
the board.
Further consideration was cut off by
ba Cna1ioI local hjllC
The House c0ncurred in the Senate
amendments to House bill creating
BurChill, Foley and Jeff Davis counties
| out of q portion Of PresidiO county
Toe House passed its bills amendin 2
! the eighth and twenty-ffth sections Of the
| Judicial act, eStab Ishing the Forty first
| Judicial district for Brewster and several
other new counties, and the Senate bill
amending section Of the judicial act.
| House b Is t0r the relief OF Alexander
Farmer and heirs Of James Holmes
| passed.
! Also House bill for the creation nj
| Sutton and VIII Wilson counties out of E
| portion of Crockett county, the name
| Will Wilson being substituted for Til
| den.
| Also House bills prohibiting the sale OF
! liquor near Msrtindale in Caldwell
county and defining the boundaries Of
| Arkansas COU' ty.
House bill for the relief of a. B. Early
was engrossed, but for want of q quorum
voting was not passed.
Adjourned till Z O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House passed the bill for the re-
! lief of j. B. Early.
Also House bill allowing II. WyChetikes
tc sue the st&te for surveying and
I services.
Bill regulating the occupation of live
stock brokers was defeated.
House bill to postpone taxes in Atlas
cosa, Karnes, Gonzales ard Wilson coun-
ties was tabled
House bill to create the county of Sgd
! nor instead of Calder out of part o. Gal
| weston and BrazoriR counties WE5 post
! poned
House bill repes!iGg the act Of the
! Sin teenth Legislature relative tG trains
stopping st state lines passed.
House bin making appeals from Ellis
county returnsble 20 Tyler instead - the
AWstiC term Of the Supreme court passed.
! Horse bill for the relief Of ". /.
Hughes was engrOF5ed.
Mr.. Page sent Up a bill House bill kG.
J5=s 81 tHOElZlDS Tie governor 10 app 92lL
three agents with gGwer &c aid in the ca
t0rcent1t of the revenue Law II the stste
relating % taxing Of dealers in i0toxicat-
ing liquors and prescribing me duties of
such agents. Tney are 10 see that such
dealers have the proper license and do
not violate the revenue laws. The agents
are to have a salary not to exceed $50
each per month for the time employed
and all necessary expenses.
The HOuEa adjourned Uubl Monday